Ehrenkrook, Jason von.

Sculpting idolatry in Flavian Rome (an )iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus / [electronic resource] : Iconic rhetoric in the writings of Flavius Josephus Jason von Ehr enkrook. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011. - xiv, 226 p. ; 23 cm. - Early Judaism and its literature / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 33 . - Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 33. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-208) and indexes.

Reading idolatry in(to) Josephus -- Jewish responses to images in cu ltural context -- The second commandment in Josephus and Greco-Roman Je wish literature -- Sculpture and the politics of space in Bellum Judaic um -- Idealizing an aniconic past in Antiqitates Judaicae -- The poetic s of idolatry and the poiltics of identity -- Appendix 1. Statuary lexi con in the Josephan corpus -- Appendix 2. The second commandment in Jos ephus.


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Josephus, Flavius-- Criticism and interpretation.


Idolatry.
Idols and images-- Worship.
Idols and images-- Rome.
Sculpture, Hellenistic.
Jews-- History-- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Judaism-- History-- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.